Set in the fictional take on the Sengoku period, it all begins when princess Yuki of the Saito clan is captured by demons.
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Thankfully, later installments of the series would go on to rectify this problem, but it is most definitely a problem where the first game in the series was concerned.
Clocking in at around 10 hours, most critics, including myself, felt as if it didn’t last anywhere near as long as it should have done, especially given the direction in which gaming was going at that time, and the standards that had been set during the previous generation. The main gripe I had with this game, as well as everybody else who reviewed it at the time of its release was the lifespan. Combat is as fluent as possible, allowing players to be as proficient as possible without having to worry about any silly mistakes on the part of the developers. Apart from this, however, there are no issues with the control scheme of this game. Ever since the developers introduced the strafing ability and the facility to quickly turn 180 degrees, it sorted prior issues out massively.
Prior to playing Onimusha, I had had issues playing the Resident Evil games because of the somewhat clunky movement controls, but in Onimusha, it’s much less of a problem somehow because the game seems much more fast-paced at 60 frames per second. With Kaede, there is an additional weapon to find giving her marginally greater attack power, but Kaede’s sequences are few and far between and it’s easy to understand why. Onimusha is also heavy on puzzle-solving to access new areas and find new items the puzzle-solving element is handled in an almost identical manner to that of Resident Evil in fact and requires players to think on their toes at times. They are also upgradable giving the player that more incentive to play through to the end. Samanosuke’s sequences provide the vast majority of the gameplay as well as the entertainment since there are far more abilities to take advantage of in order to subdue enemies in an increasing variety of ways as the game progresses. The game is a hack and slash adventure with the player alternating between two characters Samanosuke and his kunoichi companion Kaede. It did a particularly good job showcasing what the PlayStation 2 was capable of doing early on in its shelf life, but more importantly than that, because the vast majority of the scenery is composed of detailed still imagery, it does even better to hold up even after 20 years. However, it works brilliantly, along with the conceptual designs of the various different demons the player will encounter along the way. The game is set in a fictional take on the 15th century Japanese Sengoku period, which was something pretty unusual compared to what kind of settings Capcom was used to perpetuating in titles like Resident Evil, Street Fighter, or Mega Man. It’s highly regarded as one of the best titles on the PlayStation 2 to date by most critics and to me, although I think the best of the Onimusha series would be yet to come, it still remains a classic to me. Set in the Sengoku period in 15th century Japan, the story involves a samurai named Samanosuke Akechi and his resolve to save his cousin princess Yuki from a demon invasion of the Inabayama castle.
Released in 2001 and going on to become the first PlayStation 2 game to reach sales of over one million units, Onimusha provided a very different take on game design with the Resident Evil engine. Tweet Developer(s) – Capcom Publisher(s) – Capcom Director(s) – Jun Takeuchi Producer(s) – Keiji Inafune PEGI – 16
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